Electric Mobility
Kelvin Say (2026) - "Electric mobility - Australia". Published online at OpenEnergyTracker.org. Retrieved from: 'https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/australia/emobility/' [Online Resource]
Road transport
Battery electric passenger cars
As part of the National Electric Vehicle Strategy Australia is aiming for 3.8 million electric vehicles by 2030. To help achieve this, the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) was introduced in 2025 and requires car manufacturers to reduce the average emissions of the cars they sell below a target or face financial penalties. The Step Change scenario from AEMO however, shows a slightly less aggressive trajectory.
Battery electric vehicles (BEV) and Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) sales in 2025 accounted for approximately 13% of new vehicles sales. Between 2021-2023, BEV sales more than doubled each year, however sales growth has slowed down in recent years. This has been partially offset by the continued growth of PHEVs that has continued to double each year. There is an estimated 347,000 BEVs and 105,000 PHEVs currently registered on Australian roads, which means a further 3.3 million electric vehicles (or 670,000/year) are required over the next 5 years to reach the 2030 government target.
Source: EV Council; FCAI; Reputex; AEMO
To better indicate how the stock of new vehicles is changing in Australia, the following figure shows the shares of purely BEV and PHEV in new vehicle registrations per year based on FCAI and Electric Vehicle Council data. Federal government modelling in the Powering Australia Plan estimates that electric vehicles could make 89% of new vehicle registrations by 2030.
Source: EV Council; FCAI; Reputex
Charging infrastructure
Presently, there are no explicit government targets for the number of public charging stations. However, federal government modelling in the Powering Australia Plan estimates 1,800 public fast and ultra-fast charging stations will be needed by 2030. The Electric Vehicle Council reports that there are approximately 1300 fast and ultra-fast chargers as of June 2025, which is an increase of 28% over the last 12 months and indicates steady progress. As the number of chargers are not officially tallied, the number of charging locations reported by the EV Council and Plugshare are used to indicate the current status of EV charging infrastructure.
Source: EV Council